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Changing Titles

I shall henceforth direct.  Don't ask what or how but my title shall say it all.  As in Director.  First I thought they existed only in movies but I was proven wrong once I started learning the intricacies of corporations large and small.

In order for anything to happen some one has to direct.  Even the police on the street have to direct traffic or else the society can instantly fall in disrepair.

I was once a Business Leader and I led but somehow new management thought it was not quite evident what I was leading or whom, thence decided to scrap this nebulous prefix to my name and replace with a title of Director.

Now mind you a few years back I already was a Director but then they thought there were too many directions and not enough traffic so it would make sense to simply lead.  Hence I became a leader.  A Business Leader.  Or so it seemed until there were other Heads (Head of Division X, Y and others) that showed up in hierarchical manner above me.  So now I was obviously leading without a Head since I needed Heads above me?

Too many heads and therefore too many opinions caused quite the stir to essentially derail the calm and we went back to directing.  Now there are senior directors above me and they in turn take direction from Vice Presidents.   I am not entirely sure of all the vices these presidents have when presiding but I have heard some anecdotal evidence that there are a few.

So there you have it - a Directorial Debut (once more) with many senior directorial talent in the wings that is providing clarity to the commentary from the presiding leadership.

Mind you I am trying to be direct with you rather than indirectly complain about the fact that we have officially reached bottom.

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